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The fate of bone grafts in deep oval windows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

T. R. kapur*
Affiliation:
Stoke-on-Trent
*
Department of Otolaryngology, North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Princes Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 7LN.

Abstract

The use of bone grafts for total ossicular chain reconstructions in patients with deep oval windows may result in varying degrees of absorption of the segment of the bone graft in the fossula fenestra vestibuli. The mechanism of bone absorption is described—a condition not described before.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1991

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References

Kapur, T. R. (1991) The deep oval window. Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 105: 721724.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed